Valentines Ravioli!

This morning Summer and I stayed home from church because she is a little sick. I made her breakfast in bed with heart pancakes. That cheered her up quite a bit. Sometimes it is not necessarily restful day of getting better with a four year old because they don't really rest.

For dinner I decided to try making home made pink heart shaped ravioli for dinner. I thought it was good. Summer even helped me pinch the edges closed.

Summer enjoying her pasta.

It was fun to make, and now I know I can make ravioli with whatever kind of filling I want.

So, if you want to try it out here is the recipe I used for the dough, and my own combination for the filling.

Ravioli From Scratch

Filling:

1 lb ground turkey

1 large handful of fresh spinach chopped

1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

1-2 diced roma tomatoes

1 cup fine grated italian style cheese blend

1 tsp Herbs de Province (Italian seasoning will work fine)

1 tsp Garlic salt

Dough: Found at http://www.recipezaar.com/Ravioli-Dough-and-Choice-of-4-Fillings-59359DOUGH

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup water

First brown the ground turkey, garlic salt, and Herbs de Province. Add chopped spinach and basil. Cook another 5 minutes or until spinach has wilted up. Let cool.

After the meat mixture is cooled add the grated cheese, and diced tomatoes. Set aside and make your ravioli dough.

After I made my filling I followed the steps below.

MAKING THE RAVIOLI DOUGH: Sift flour and salt together.

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     Place flour mixture on a board, making a well in the center of the flour.

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     Drop eggs into the flour well, using your hand or a fork, break the yolks and beat eggs slightly.

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     Combine the eggs and flour together, gradually adding enough warm water to make a stiff dough.

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     Knead dough well, until smooth; cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes.

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     Cut dough in half and roll each half of the dough out on a floured board, into a very thin sheet (about 1/16 to 1/8 inch thick).

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     FILLING THE RAVIOLI: Drop about 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls of filling about 1 1/2 inches apart all along the dough.

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     When the sheet of dough is fully dotted with dabs of filling mixture, cover filling with other sheet of dough.

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     Using your fingers, gently press dough between each dab of filling to seal it.

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     Cut ravioli into squares with a (zig-zag edged) pastry cutter, or very sharp knife.

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      DRYING THE RAVIOLI: Allow ravioli to dry for one hour before cooking.

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      COOKING THE RAVIOLI: Drop ravioli into 6 to 8 quarts of boiling, salted water and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until dough is tender.

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      Remove cooked ravioli from pot carefully with a skimmer or a large slotted spoon, and drain well.

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      Place drained ravioli on a serving platter in layers, alternating layers with your favorite sauce and a sprinkling of grated cheese between each ravioli layer.

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      Serve hot.